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The Minister for Universities, Science and Cities (Greg Clark)
We are today announcing that regional growth fund support in England has been expanded by nearly £300 million, bringing the total investment in local jobs and enterprise over the six rounds to £2.85 billion.
The additional support has been awarded to 63 bidders in round 6 of the regional growth fund alongside projects and programmes awarded exceptional regional growth fund support.
A list of the organisations supported in round 6 can be found below.
Total regional growth fund investment is now expected to create or safeguard 580,000 jobs and leverage £16 billion of private sector support across England by the middle of the next decade. Over 100,000 of these jobs have already been created or safeguarded and £3.35 billion of private sector investment leveraged.
The regional growth fund was launched in 2010; it provides grants to projects and programmes with significant potential for economic growth, leveraging private sector investment and creating or safeguarding jobs.
Organisations are invited to bid for support in rounds and this is the sixth such round to date.
Combined with the £7 billion allocated so far to the local enterprise partnerships through growth deals, the regional growth fund is delivering tangible benefits across England.
List of Projects and Programmes
East Midlands
The University of Nottingham
Eicher Motors Ltd
East of England
Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd
Bosch Lawn and Garden Ltd
Nwes & Archant
CTruk Boats Ltd
Nationwide
FSE Social Impact Accelerator (Programme) Ltd
Cavendish Consortium
Sharing in Growth UK Ltd
Economic Solutions Ltd
Creative England
YTKO
North East
Siro (UK) Ltd
Bristol Laboratories Ltd
Procter and Gamble Technical Centres Ltd
Company name withheld
North West
St Helens Chamber Ltd
Economic Solutions Ltd
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Victrex plc
MSIF
M Sport Ltd
HPL Prototypes Ltd
Hanson Springs Ltd
S Cartwright & Sons (Coachbuilders) Ltd
Barnfield Investment Properties Ltd
The University of Manchester
BioCity Nottingham Ltd
Reform Energy plc
South East
Vector Aerospace International Ltd
Aeromet International plc
North Sails
South West
City College Plymouth
University of the West of England
Plymouth University/SWMAS Ltd
Avanti Communications Group plc
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd
University of Gloucestershire
Ashwoods Automotive Ltd
Anthony Best Dynamics Ltd
Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd
Corin Ltd South West
Spirent Communications plc
Tulip Ltd
Goonhilly Earth Station Hymec Aerospace (UK) Ltd
West Midlands
NTM GB Ltd
Easat Antennas Ltd
Brose UK Ltd
Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
The Lighting Industry Association Ltd
Arlington Wheels Ltd
Stobart Biomass Products Ltd
Conder Structures
University of Wolverhampton
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
Rimstock plc
Company name withheld
Yorkshire and the Humber
BE Group
Cs Wind UK Ltd
Finance Yorkshire Ltd
Kemira Chemicals UK Ltd
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